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FIRE PREVENTION ADVICE

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1994

STICKS,

EXTREME JOSS

CARE WHEN HANDLING PAPER AND CANDLES,

GRAVE SWEEPERS ARE URGED TO TAKE

AS

JOSS

BURNING MATERIALS, SUCH DURING THE CHING MING FESTIVAL PERIOD.

"THEY SHOULD

EXTINGUISH

SERVICES FIRE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE

ALL LIGHTED MATERIALS DEPARTMENT

AFTER SAID TODAY

THE

RITUALS, (THURSDAY).

2,644 WERE

VEGETATION FIRES LAST HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE

INVOLVING YEAR. LAST WEEKEND (MARCH 26 AND 27) ALONE, ABOUT 100 FIRES VEGETATION BROKE OUT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY,

NOT

AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED HOLIDAY PICNICKERS

INFLAMMABLE STUFF NEAR THEIR BARBECUE TO PLACE ANY COMBUSTIBLE OR SITES WHILE LIGHTING FIRES.

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CENSUS & STATISTICS DEPT CONDUCTS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DURING THE QUARTER FROM APRIL YEAR.

CONDUCT TO JUNE

THE THIS

1981,

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS SINCE AUGUST COLLECTS INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.

EXPENDITURE HAWKER AND

ROUND OF

ON HONG KONG RESIDENTS' IN ADDITION, QUESTIONS

HAWKER

AND SITUATION ABROAD, ABROAD, RIGHT OF RESIDENCE

PRESERVATION HERITAGE DONATION, ORGAN BEHAVIOUR, PATRONAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON RENT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THIS THE SURVEY.

11,800

HOUSEHOLDS

ARE SELECTED EACH QUARTER, ABOUT SCIENTIFICALLY FROM ALL DISTRICTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.

IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC TO MEASURE MORE ACCURATELY THE CHANGES

ADOPTS AN OVERLAPPING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION, THE SURVEY

IN SAMPLE DESIGN SUCH THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE HOUSEHOLDS ENUMERATED GIVEN QUARTER ARE THE SAME AS THOSE ENUMERATED IN THE QUARTER BEFORE.

AN OFFICIAL LETTER, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, HAS BEEN TO THE SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY AND SEEK THEIR VOLUNTARY CO-OPERATION IN THE SURVEY.

A

SENT

TO

CENSUS OFFICERS

OF

THE

DEPARTMENT

WILL

CONTACT

CONCERNED TO COLLECT THE REQUIRED INFORMATION.

/WHEN THEY

HOUSEHOLDS